Tyco Electronics Corp. (Menlo Park, CA) announced a new, coated version of its 90V radial-leaded PolySwitch resettable fuses, the BBR550 and BBR750 devices. These devices are designed to facilitate the provisioning of cable telephony and protect against potentially damaging power faults to cable power passing tap ports and set-top boxes. In addition, they help limit […]
The International Solar Energy Society's (ISES, Germany) Solar World Congress 2001 is to be held in Adelaide, Australia from November 25 through...
H Power Corp. (Clifton, NJ) and Energy Co-Opportunity Inc. (ECO, Herndon, VA) have endorsed the Johnson-McNulty federal alternative energy bill, which proposes a $1,000 per kilowatt tax credit for purchasers of stationary fuel-cell systems that supply home electricity. The bill, sponsored by Representatives Nancy l. Johnson and Michael R. McNulty, was introduced in the House […]
Teccor Electronics (Irving, TX) recently launched a new line of TVS components, the SIDACtor Series. Teccor claims that these components are transparent to the circuits they protect in stand-by mode, exhibiting a high off-state impedance and eliminating excessive leakage currents. Once triggered by voltages in excess of the switching voltage, the SIDACtor component simulates a […]
DCH Technology Inc. (DCH, Valencia, CA) announced that revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, were up 77 percent to $961, 551, compared to $543,199 for the same period 1999. During the last quarter of 2000, DCH focused on the final development of the H2SCAN hydrogen-specific sensing systems, which integrate the company's Robust […]
Liebert Corp. (Columbus, OH) introduced the Interceptor II, the newest of its surge-suppression (TVSS) lines. The Interceptor is suitable for application in telecom, wireless and broadband systems including sensitive equipment housed in remote or unmanned shelters. It may also be used in commercial, industrial and institutional facilities. Liebert reports that the Interceptor II offers highly […]
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced that it has achieved Sun Microsystems' (Palo Alto, CA) first Solaris Ready certification of an uninterruptible power supply solution. APC's combination of its Smart-UPS 2200 and PowerChute plus software for the Solaris platform has been certified for Sun Enterprise 450 four-way servers. "The Solaris Ready certification ensures […]
Beacon Power Corp.'s (Wilmington, MA) stocks dipped down to an all-time low of $5-3/16 after the company reported losses in its announcement of its financial results. For the fourth quarter of 2000, Beacon reported a net loss, before preferred stock dividends, of $7.6 million, or $0.39 per share on revenues of $50,000. For the 12 […]
SatCon Technology Corp. (Cambridge, MA) announced the introduction of three new standard power-conversion products for the distributed power market. The systems convert dc electricity to ac electricity to enable distributed power generation using fuel cells, microturbines and wind generators. The first of the new products, the PowerGate 100, is a combination of power chip switches […]
Chroma ATE (Irvine, CA) introduced the 61600 Programmable AC Source, a new ac and ac+dc source electronics testing series of 12 models...
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) announced it has added a 3kVA extended-run (XL) model to its Smart-UPS line of uninterruptible power supplies. Designed to support the needs of rack-optimized servers, the new rack-mount Smart-UPS 3kVA XL provides a centrally-managed and scalable power protection solution capable of supporting a fully-loaded rack. Features include user-replaceable […]
GNB Industrial Power (Atlanta, GA), a division of Exide Technologies (Princeton, NJ), announced an agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Facilities Inc. (NTT, Japan), covering the next 12 months. During this period, GNB will be responsible for supplying large-valve regulated lead-acid batteries (LVRLA) to NTT, for a total estimated value of more than $10 million. […]
Engineers at American Electric Power's (AEP, Columbus, OH) research laboratory are testing a new stationary battery which may be capable of storing large amounts of electrical energy for use during peak energy demand and for power quality applications. The battery, a sodium-sulfur (NAS) unit, was developed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO, Japan) and NGK […]
Invensys plc (UK) announced that it will be eliminating 5,000 jobs, or six percent of its total workforce, by the end of fiscal 2001. This is in addition to the restructuring and cost-reduction programs initiated in the second quarter of this fiscal year. CEO Allen Yurko stated, "Like every company in our industry, we are […]
American Power Conversion (APC, West Kingston, RI) has expanded its Smart-UPS line of uninterruptible power supplies with a new 1,400VA solution suitable for voice-over-IP, telecom and other mission-critical applications. The unit can be utilized in either rack- or stack-configuration and occupies only 3U of rack space. It can be configured with up to ten extended-run […]